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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)

7.9 | Sep 14, 2014 (US) | Documentary, History, War & Politics

Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.

No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
7
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Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
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David McCullough
Self - Historian
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Meryl Streep
Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
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Edward Herrmann
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
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Paul Giamatti
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
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Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self - Historian
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
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John Lithgow
James Roosevelt (voice)

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